[imagesource: Google Earth]

Technology hey?

What a rush.

We’ve come a long way since driving around with a map book, panicking about whether it’s this right turn or the next one. I still get frustrated when Google Maps tells me to ‘head north’ (what am I, a ship captain?) but all in all, navigation is far easier.

Google Earth is also full of valuable tools and others that are just a bit of fun. For example, the ‘Time-Lapse in Google Earth’ feature, released last year:

24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years have been compiled into an interactive 4D experience. Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change…

With Time-Lapse in Google Earth, we have a clearer picture of our changing planet right at our fingertips — one that shows not just problems but also solutions, as well as mesmerizingly beautiful natural phenomena that unfold over decades.

During last year’s launch a nifty video was put together:

If we wanted to show you Cape Town over the past 37 years, we could download the video and then upload it to one of our social media channels.

Or, to save us both the hassle and give you some extra freedom, we could just link to the Cape Town CBD coordinates and let you explore on your own.

Keep an eye out for the Cape Town Stadium popping up out of nowhere in Green Point ahead of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Those were good times, hey?

To start from a blank slate, head here and wait for the screen to load. You can then enter any coordinates to create your own time-lapse.

Here’s a time-lapse showing Cape Town between 1984 and 2019:

Because we’re within touching distance of a long weekend, I won’t show you the Google Earth video on how our forests have shrunk over the past three decades.

Instead, let’s finish strongly with a time-lapse showing Lion’s Head:

Pew Pew Pew!!!

This REEL I posted on IG is on almost 1 Million Views, so I thought I’d share it with the Twitterverse too.@lovecapetown @Stranger_Things @NetflixSA #capetown#southafrica#strangerthings pic.twitter.com/2OfBDBmJvi

— Mike Eloff (@LifeOfMikeZA) March 15, 2021

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